WJEC A-level Chemistry A410QS · OA2.3(e)
Decarboxylation of carboxylic acids
- Code
- OA2.3(e)
- In
- OA2.3 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
- Topic
- OA2 Topic OA2: Organic compounds containing oxygen
- Course
- A-level Chemistry A410QS
- Board
- WJEC
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Points in OA2.3 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
- OA2.3(a) Relative acidity of acids, phenols, alcohols and water
- OA2.3(b) Formation of carboxylic acids by the oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes
- OA2.3(c) Reduction of carboxylic acids using LiAlH4
- OA2.3(d) Formation of aromatic carboxylic acids by the oxidation of methyl side-chains
- OA2.3(e) Decarboxylation of carboxylic acids
- OA2.3(f) Esters and acid chlorides from carboxylic acids
- OA2.3(g) Conversion of carboxylic acids to amides and nitriles
- OA2.3(h) Formation of nitriles from halogenoalkanes and hydroxynitriles from aldehydes and ketones
- OA2.3(i) Hydrolysis of nitriles and amides
- OA2.3(j) Reduction of nitriles using LiAlH4